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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1911
Page
3
Nature has formed many upright rock pillars in various periods but only one group of bending pillars remains. The Staffa in Scotland is cited as the origin where stone rises perpendicularly to fifty or sixty feet then curves inward forming arches, with formations suggestive of architectural hand.
An instructor at a Philadelphia institution notes pupils often invent humorous definitions when information is scarce. A student called a mountain range a large sized cook stove, and another’s reply to a spelling test defined the office of the cee as the stomach in a hurried examination.
Neuralgia is described as paroxysmal nerve pain, often recurring on the same nerve but sometimes traveling between nerves. The text explains symptomatic versus idiopathic neuralgia, the role of underlying organic conditions, and notes common features such as dull ache and tender nerve spots.
A medical note explains neuralgia in the face along the sensitive nerve line and an equally painful form in the sciatic nerve that travels down the leg, as described by Youth's Companion.
The Monte Bagio massif near Carara is a famed marine marble source. The Polraccio valley quarry supplied 1700 tons for Trajan's column, Donatello and Michelangelo blocks, and the Neptune by Ammanati in Florence's Piazza della Signoria.
Anecdotes describe Hermann Zumpe the Wag nerian conductor at Munich as a spiritualist who believed ghosts inspired his works. He claimed Beethoven's spirit was present during a symphony performance and praised it after the first movement. Another conductor joked Beethoven misjudged the movement's end.
In a witty exchange a wealthy American father and his daughter discuss titles. The daughter asks about the distinction between a baron and a baronet. He jokes that if a deal exceeds 500 000 dollars the cheaper option should be taken.
A boss rebukes the new office boy for whistling and jokes that he does not pay for noise. The office boy retorts that he does not care, as recorded by a judge.
The Boston Herald recounts myths linking sunflowers to Clytie's unrequited love for Apollo and the anemone to Venus weeping for Adonis. It also notes Io later named the violet by the Greeks and the legend of violets blooming from Io's grave.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet frames a west side father torn between slang and proper speech to guide teenage children. The dialogue insights the challenge of balancing affection, discipline, and social expectations in 1920s family life.
Weary awakens from a nightmare while Lim Lem shakes him aboard a train. The dream features being a child again with a mother preparing a bath, described in a colloquial Chicago Record-Herald register. The scene captures fear and memory during travel.
A child negotiates with a parent about saving a pie and earning a dollar for bringing a first close report from school. The exchange features Johnny and Ben in a domestic scene about responsibility and reward.
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